Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner(
Recording
)148
editions published
between
1957
and
2013
in
6
languages
and held by
2,009 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Siegfried and Brünnhilde are the ideal mythical couple: the greatest hero the world has ever seen, born of a divine father,
and a fearless warrior maiden of equally noble ancestry. As he takes off for more heroic adventures at the beginning of this
final part of Wagner's epic Ring cycle, he even gives her his all-powerful ring as reminder of their love. The next time they
meet, he's about to marry another woman--and swears he has never seen Brünnhilde. The culmination of one the grandest theatrical
journeys, this opera features some of Wagner's most ravishingly beautiful and emotionally shattering music. Margaret Harshaw
and Wolfgang Windgassen are the ill-fated couple, with Kurt Böhme as the evil mastermind Hagen

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner(
)101
editions published
between
1959
and
2013
in
3
languages
and held by
1,166 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Wagner worked on Tannhäuser, his fifth opera, from 1842 to 1845, conducting the first performance on October 19, 1845 at
the Dresden Royal Opera. The first two nights were uncertaqin successes, but by the third performance the opera began to have
its effect on the audience. Over the next few years it became enormously popular throughout Germany, then moved to other countries.
In 1859 it became the first Wagner opera to be performed in America. By 1861 Tannhäuser had been given hundreds of times,
when Wagner was called upon to produce a revised version for the Paris Opéra. Despite the composer's efforts to adapt the
work for French tastes, anti-Wagner riots broke out and he withdrew the work. It was not seen again in France until 1895.
Meanwhile Tannhäuser, in the Dresden version, opened the second season of New York's Metropolitan Opera in November of 1884.
Nowadays either the Dresden or Paris version may be given, depending on the director's preference; the current recording is
an amalgam of the two. -- Page [1-2] of program notes

Parsifal : [ein Bühnenweihfestspiel] by Richard Wagner(
Recording
)81
editions published
between
1951
and
2009
in
4
languages
and held by
641 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Recorded July and August, 1951, during actual performances at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre

Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner(
)42
editions published
between
1953
and
2015
in
3
languages
and held by
548 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
An opera about the captain of an infamous Dutch ghost ship who can be freed only by a woman who consents to marry him

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner(
Recording
)40
editions published
between
1967
and
2015
in
3
languages
and held by
496 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The loss of the Rheingold and the Delivery of the goddess Freia to Fasott

Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven(
Recording
)63
editions published
between
1953
and
2011
in
4
languages
and held by
473 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The well loved team of Waltraud Meier and Placido Domingo join conductor Daniel Barenboim in a complete recording of Beethoven's
intense and dramatic opera

Great tenors of the century(
Recording
)2
editions published
in
1999
in
No Linguistic content and Italian
and held by
416 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Die Walküre by Richard Wagner(
)29
editions published
between
1952
and
2011
in
3
languages
and held by
360 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The meeting of Sieglinde and Siegmund

Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss(
)16
editions published
between
1972
and
2007
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
310 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A brilliant ensemble cast bring Strauss's beloved operetta to life, with new English dialogue by playwright Douglas Carter
Beane and lyrics by Jeremy Sams (who also directed this production, first seen on New Year's Eve 2013). Christopher Maltman
and Susanna Phillips are Eisenstein and Rosalinde, the married couple at the center of this lighthearted tale of love, revenge,
and mistaken identities. Paulo Szot sings Falke, Eisenstein's friend, who sets the plot in motion. Anthony Roth Costanzo is
Prince Orlofsky, Jane Archibald sings Adele, and Broadway star Danny Burstein is Frosch, the jailer. Adam Fischer conducts

The golden ring by Richard Wagner(
Visual
)17
editions published
between
1965
and
2007
in
English and German
and held by
302 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
A documentary account of the recording sessions for Götterdämmerung, starring Birgit Nilsson, Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, Wolfgang
Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, and Claire Watson, with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Explains the techniques
involved in recording such a work, and includes the immolation scene, Siegfried's funeral march, and the act 2 vengeance trio.
Bonus material consists of 69 minutes of audio highlights from Solti's Ring in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound

Lohengrin by Richard Wagner(
Recording
)80
editions published
between
1951
and
2013
in
6
languages
and held by
286 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This broadcast of Wagner's most romantic opera stars René Kollo as the knight of the Holy Grail who arrives in a boat pulled
by a swan to defend the innocent Elsa, played by Pilar Lorengar. Mignon Dunn is the dark and malevolent Ortrud who poisons
the couple's happiness, with some help from her husband, Telramund (Donald McIntyre). James Levine leads the Met orchestra,
bringing out the shimmer and the thunder of the score, along with every shade of expression in between

Elektra by Richard Strauss(
)9
editions published
between
1980
and
2014
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
272 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In the courtyard of the palace of Agamemnon, murdered king of Mycenae, Elektra bemoans her father's murder at the hands of
her mother, Klytämnestra, and her mother's lover, Aegisth. She vows vengeance. She is interrupted by her younger sister,
Chrysothemis, who urges Elektra to give up her obsession with revenge so they both can lead normal lives. Chrysothemis reappears
with news that Orest is dead. Stunned, Elektra tells her sister she must now help kill Klytämnestra and Aegisth. When the
girl pulls away in terror and runs off, Elektra starts to dig for the buried ax that killed Agamemnon. She is interrupted
by a stranger who says he has come to inform Klytämnestra of Orest's death. When Elektra reveals her name, he tells her Orest
lives. Servants come and kiss his hand. The dogs of the house know me, he says, but not my own sister. Crying his name, Elektra
falls into Orest's arms and tells him she has lived only for his return. Their reunion is cut short when Orest is summoned
before Klytämnestra. He kills both the queen and her lover. Elektra begins an ecstatic dance and when Chryothemis returns,
Elektra falls dead

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner(
)18
editions published
between
1955
and
2015
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
260 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Master-Singers of Nuremberg): Overture performed by the Leningrad Philharmonic
Orchestra with Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting. [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]

Wolfgang Windgassen singt Wagner by Richard Wagner(
)10
editions published
between
1956
and
2007
in
4
languages
and held by
244 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Die Fledermaus : Highlights by Johann Strauss(
)4
editions published
in
1994
in
German
and held by
230 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Tristan und Isolde : highlights by Richard Wagner(
)8
editions published
between
1966
and
1995
in
German and Undetermined
and held by
228 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide